Tete Dijana

Tete Morena Dijana ^[1]

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1988-05-16) May 16, 1988 (age 37) [2]

Tete Morena Dijana (born 1988) is a South African ultramarathon runner who won the Comrades Marathon in 2022, 2023 and 2025. ^{[3] [4] [2] [5] [1] [6]}

Originally from Mahikeng in the North West province, Dijana quit his job as a security guard at North-West University to focus on running. ^{[7] [5] [8]}

Career

In his debut Comrades Marathon in 2019, Dijana finished in 50th place with a time of 6:25:03 and earned a silver medal. ^{[2] [7] [5] [a]}

Dijana joined the Nedbank Running Club in 2022. ^[7] He finished second in the 2022 Nedbank Breaking Barriers 50 km, one place ahead of Edward Mothibi, a Nedbank teammate and the winner of the 2019 Comrades Marathon. ^[7]

At the 2022 Comrades Marathon (down run), Dijana and Mothibi ran together as the race leaders during part of the second half of the race. ^[5] Eventually, Dijana broke away with less than 10 km (6.2 mi) to go, and won the race with a time of 5:30:38, over three minutes ahead of Mothibi, who finished in second place. ^{[10] [4] [5] [b]}

Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn had a record-breaking run at 2023 Comrades Marathon (down run) as they emerged as winners in the Men and Women categories.^{[ citation needed ]}

After a difficult 2024 Comrades (up run) where he entered as favourite to win a hat-trick but ultimately finished 14th, he returned to the down run in 2025 winning his third title.

Notes

1. At the Comrades Marathon, a finish time under 7:30 qualifies a runner for a silver medal or better. ^[9]
2. This was Dijana's second Comrades Marathon; the race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. ^{[11] [7] [1]}

References

1. "Tete Morena Dijana wins men's race in just his second Comrades". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
2. "DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
3. "Tete Dijana wins 2025 Men's Comrades Marathon - eNCA". www.enca.com. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
4. "Comrades Live Results". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
5. "Live | SA's Dijana, Russia's Morozova crowned 2022 Comrades Marathon …". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
6. "Morena DIJANA | Profile | World Athletics". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
7. "Nedbank Running Club - Nedbank running clubs Dijana looking for Comra..." Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
8. "Comrades Marathon result: Tete Dijana storms to victory". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
9. "The nine medals you can win at the Comrades Marathon - Canadian Runni…". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
10. "Update | Tete Dijana and Alexandra Morozova win Comrades 2022 | Witne…". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
11. "Comrades Marathon cancelled in its centenary year due to COVID-19". Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

External links

• Tete Dijana at World Athletics